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. |
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Eagerness: First Brave often requires no Food. |
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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. |
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Randomly Free: Spawning Braves occasionally costs no resources. |
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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. |
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Sharpened Axes: Provides the Sharpened Axes Passive technology for free. |
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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. |
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Reservoir: Capture rain and release it to fertilize the soil around you. |
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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. |
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Fishing Net: Periodically capture fish when placed near the water but no longer produces Braves. |
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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. |
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Multi-Storey: Houses can still be used while flooded. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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Wind Rations: When wind passes through this house its consumable requirements are ignored. |
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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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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. |
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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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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. |
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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.
Unlocking the Harborhouse is a little tricky. In order to unlock it, you must:
Spoiler:
- Visit Pebbles
- Defeat or befriend the nomads living on the Harborhouse that spawns on the map
- Send your Thinker to the Hearth located on the Harborhouse
Note that due to the way that the above process is tracked by the game, it is currently not possible to unlock the Harborhouse using Serrano.
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| File:Symbol Population.png | Enormous House: Adds 30 to the population cap. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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Paddy
| Paddy | |
| Health: | 40 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Tech Group: | Starting |
| Rarity: | Common |
| Chance to Appear: | 9.8% |
| Single Use: | No |
A farm in a square paddy that grows fully when flooded.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Paddies, while needing to be placed on mud, are more versatile and easy to place due to their square shape. They fully grow when flooded, making them a good choice if your Hearth is near the floodplain.
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Inle Farm
| Inle Farm | |
| Health: | 50 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 2 |
| Tech Group: | Group 2 |
| Rarity: | Epic |
| Chance to Appear: | 4.9% |
| Single Use: | No |
A floating farm made from Reeds and Bamboo that is built in the water.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Inle Farms are cheap to produce and grow Food from nothing. However, their production is quite slow, so multiple Inle Farms may be needed to keep up with demand.
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| File:Icon Placement Water.png | Placed in Water: Can only be placed on water. |
Fishing Tower
| Fishing Tower | |
| Health: | 100 |
| Builders: | 2 |
| Karma Cost: | 3 |
| Tech Group: | Group 1 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 6.8% |
| Single Use: | No |
A tower built over the water for fishing, a good source of food.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Fishing Towers are a simple, low-cost Food production structure that slowly produces Food endlessly.
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Bakery
| Bakery | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 3 |
| Tech Group: | Starting |
| Rarity: | Common |
| Chance to Appear: | 9.8% |
| Single Use: | No |
Reliable and consistent, bakes inedible Reeds into delicious Food.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
The Bakery is able to produce Food from Reeds, which is most commonly the most abundant Material available.
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Pear Farm
| Pear Farm | |
| Health: | 50 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Tech Group: | Group 1 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 5.8% |
| Single Use: | No |
A vine farm that hangs from trees.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Pear Farms produce a good amount of Food at a decent pace, but can be tricky to place on maps that have few trees.
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Walker Fishing Platform
| Walker Fishing Platform | |
| Health: | 1000 |
| Builders: | 3 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Tech Group: | Group 1 |
| Rarity: | Legendary |
| Chance to Appear: | 1.9% |
| Single Use: | No |
A platform for deep water fishing built upon a tamed Walker.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Walker Fishing Platforms are an effective way to produce Food without much hassle. As an added bonus, the spot where fish are deposited can be changed at will.
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Fishing Net
| Fishing Net | |
| Health: | 100 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 3 |
| Tech Group: | Group 2 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 5.8% |
| Single Use: | No |
A large fishing net that periodically catches a lot of fish but has to be rebuilt every time.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Fishing Nets produce a lot of Food very quickly, but do need to be micromanaged as they fall apart every time they produce Food.
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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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Chef's Wok
| Chef's Wok | |
| Health: | 200 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Rarity: | Epic |
| Chance to Appear: | 3.9% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
Cook food from scratch.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
The Chef's Wok is capable of producing Food quickly without consuming any Materials. However, since it must be placed on the Hearth, a village may only have one Chef's Wok at a time.
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| File:Icon Placement Hearth.png | Hearth Attachment: Placed over your Hearth and blocks further Hearth attachments. |
Fishmonger
Mighty Pie
Egg Harvester
Seaweed Farm
| Seaweed Farm | |
| Health: | 200 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Tech Group: | Group 2 |
| Rarity: | Epic |
| Chance to Appear: | 4.9% |
| Single Use: | No |
An underwater farm that harvests seaweed as food.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Seaweed Farms produce Food slowly, but produce a lot of it at once.
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| File:Icon Placement Water.png | Placed in Water: Can only be placed on water. |
Mushroom Log
Bread Factory
| Bread Factory | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 6 |
| Tech Group: | Group 3 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 3.9% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
A large production building designed to produce bread.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Bread Factories are able to produce an unlimited amount of Food without any consumables.
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Fisherman's Warf
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.
Silk Loom
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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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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Clay Pit
Silk Harvester
Windcatcher
Lotus Pond
Weaving Hermit
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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Colporteur
| Colporteur | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 2 |
| Rarity: | Epic |
| Chance to Appear: | 2.7% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
The Colporteur travels across the lands to the karma shop and brings back random exotic resources.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Once constructed, the Colporteur will travel to the Karma Shop and return carrying a random Material, with a higher chance of crafted Materials or Materials not available in the Biome.
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Glassblower Dome
Stone Mind
Mastodon Milker
Firebird Perch
Pellet Collector
Topsoil Digger
Ceramic Crop Pots
Planks Workshop
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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Ceramic Workshop
| Ceramic Workshop | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 6 |
| Tech Group: | Group 2 |
| Rarity: | Common |
| Chance to Appear: | 3.2% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
A large production building designed to produce ceramics.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
The Ceramic Workshop slowly but reliably produces Ceramics, which can be used both as a building material and for fire suppression.
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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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Alarm Instrument
Warding Apiary
Beast Lure
Firetower Hearth
| Firetower Hearth | |
| Health: | 400 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 0 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 4.9% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
A towering Hearth immune to flooding which grants extra range. Replaces the Campfire.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Placed over (and replacing) the Hearth, the Firetower Hearth extends the range of the claimed territory by 1.5×, as well as becoming immune to flooding.
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Trade Table
Demand Table
Royal Gift
Market Tower
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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Cloudcatcher
Tallback
House Extension
Burial Mound
Incense Diffuser
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.
Beast Saddle
Walker Saddle
Beast War Rig
Beast War Drum
Beast Farmstalks
Beast Incense Emitter
Walker War Rig
Walker Water Jars
Walker Firebombs
Trudger Saddle
Mastadon Saddle
Mastadon War Rig
Egg Incubator
Egg Excavation Site
Mastadon Kiln
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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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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Sharpened Axes
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| 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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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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Braided Rope
Incense
Wooden Nails
Bamboo Focus
Permaculture
Chimneys
Snail Bridles
Ceramic Mandate
Arm Bracers
Sturdy Shovels
Runed Axes
Defensive Spikes
Thinking Caps
Warding Headbands
Pangolin Armor
Snow Outfits
Silk Outfits
Brick Walls
Slate Roof
Terracotta Roof
Wood Roof
Enchanted Firejars
Stone Soup
Flathead Bridles
Totano Bridles
Bricks Focus
Lightfootedness
Lotus Hooks
Fish Lures
Urban Planning
Solid Planks
Sturdy Planks
Light Planks
Hollow Bricks
Stone Focus
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).
Windmill
Well
Shaduf
Rain Collector
Cliff Awning
Cloud Popper
Jar of Amnesia
Isolation Tower
Water Syphon
Town Walls
Lightning Totem
Warding Lanterns
Movement
Movement technologies change the way your Units can traverse the Biome, as well as modifying the surfaces available to build structures on.
Canoe Dock
Totora Dock
Sampan Dock
Dragon Boat Dock
Platform
Bridge
Stilt Pads
Stilt Elevations
Mud Arches
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
Overhangs can be used to increase the amount of buildable land in your territory by expanding off the edges of cliffs.
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Bamboo Ladder
Climbing Pole
Gokstad Corsair
Landbarge
Drawbridge
Lanna Balloon Dock
Passarolla Balloon Platform
Rickshaw
Pillar Paths
File:TechGroup Combat.png Combat
Combat technologies create combat Units capable of more effectively resolving disputes the hard way with your neighbors (or Beasts).
Archery Range
Barracks
Spear Laager
Rifle Casern
Temple
Stable
Swordsmith
Bowyer
Powderstack
Spearsmith
Whiptwister
Library
Disguised Gift
Grenadier Calefactor
| Grenadier Calefactor | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 3 |
| Tech Group: | Group 2 |
| Rarity: | Epic |
| Chance to Appear: | 4.3% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
Train Grenadiers that throw bombs that do high damage to structures but minimal splash damage to units.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers are useful combat units that deal a tremendous amount of damage, but can be slow to fire and a bit difficult to use effectively. Since their bombs travel in an arc, and they don't lead targets, they're best used on buildings and other stationary targets.
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Grenade Wright
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| Health: | 200 |
| Builders: | 2 |
| Karma Cost: | 2 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Rare |
| Chance to Appear: | 5.2% |
| Single Use: | No |
Produces Grenadiers from Blastpowder in a house attachment.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers are useful combat units that deal a tremendous amount of damage, but can be slow to fire and a bit difficult to use effectively. Since their bombs travel in an arc, and they don't lead targets, they're best used on buildings and other stationary targets.
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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.
Log Bonfire
Menhir
Boardwalk Arena
Skypole
Bonfire
Feast
Arena Tower
Wood Landmark
Fabric Lanterns
Bowrider
Frillbarge
Escape Sandsail
Royal Walker Carriage
Escape Balloon
Escape Rickshaw
Ceramic Tower
Snail Beckon
Flotsam Arena
Banner Stadium
Feasting Stew
Healing Coffer
Bannered Grove
Incense Memorial
Smoke Tower
Sky Lines
Water Bomb
Clay Fountain
Celebratory Firework
Skylamp Festival
Boardgame Challenge
Monument
Stone Chariot
Beast Spirit House
Buried Ruins
Stone Pyramid
Blessed Scaffolding
Resonant Panflute
Resurrection Totem
Skytrade Festival
Bamboo Telescope
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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Focused Colporteur
| Focused Colporteur | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
The Colporteur travels across the lands to the karma shop in search of a specific desired resource.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Unlike its parent Technology, the Focused Colporteur allows the player to choose which resource the Colporteur should bring back from the Karma Shop.
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Stairs
Fishing Dock
Muddy Canal
Irrigation
Coracle Dock
Petrified Wood Clay Pit
Efficient Clay Pit
Raised Paddy
Raised Reed Field
Fish Pie
Round Umbrella
Pear Pie
Plank Axes
Plank Bridge
Acid Bombs
| Acid Bombs | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 5 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
Grenadiers throw deadly acidic jars that do high damage to units but low damage to buildings.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers spawned from this structure will be replaced with Acid Bombers. The damage done by the acid is much more effective against Units and Beasts, but less effective against structures.
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Fire Bombs
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| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 5 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
Grenadiers throw firebombs that do low damage but spread destruction.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers spawned from this structure will be replaced with Fire Bombers. The initial impact damage of a fire bomb is minimal, but they instantly light their target on fire.
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Bee Bombs
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| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 6 |
| Karma Cost: | 4 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | Yes |
Grenadiers throw jars of bees that do low damage but spread panic.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers spawned from this structure will be replaced with Bee Bombers. The initial impact damage of a bee bomb is minimal, but enemy units in range of a swarm of bees are unable to fight and instead run around in a panic.
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Longbow Archery
Axe Barracks
Shield Barracks
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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Foraging
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| 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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Furnace Elevator
Windmill Elevator
Furnace Drawbridge
Windmill Drawbridge
E-Fish-ency
Hermitage
Shieldsmith
Axesmith
Longbow Bowyer
Acidbomb Wright
| Acidbomb Wright | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 2 |
| Karma Cost: | 5 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | No |
Produces Acid Bombers from Ceramics in a house attachment.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
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Beebomb Wright
| Beebomb Wright | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 2 |
| Karma Cost: | 5 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | No |
Produces Bee Bombers from Blastpowder in a house attachment.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Grenadiers spawned from this structure will be replaced with Bee Bombers. The initial impact damage of a bee bomb is minimal, but enemy units in range of a swarm of bees are unable to fight and instead run around in a panic.
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Firebomb Wright
| Firebomb Wright | |
| Health: | 300 |
| Builders: | 2 |
| Karma Cost: | 5 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | No |
Produces Firebomb Grenadiers from Blastpowder in a house attachment.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
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Brick Pie Oven
Ceramics Carver
Covered Fishing Tower
Speedy Beast Incense Emitter
Stone Arches
Towering Bee-boxes
Bardiche
Incense Recepticle
Firelance Rifles
Whitebarrel Rifles
Halberdier Garrison
Incense Chapel
Frilled Overhang
| Frilled Overhang | |
| Health: | 500 |
| Builders: | 1 |
| Tech Group: | Group 5 |
| Rarity: | Unique |
| Chance to Appear: | 0% |
| Single Use: | No |
A round overhang that automatically connects to nearby access points.
— Kainga Encyclopedia
Similarly to the Overhang, the Frilled Overhang can be built off the edges of cliffs to expand your buildable space. However, the Frilled Overhang will also automatically expand to bridge certain gaps, making it a much more versatile technology.
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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: | Common |
| 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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Resource Totem
| Resource Totem | |
| Health: | Unknown |
| Builders: | 8 |
| Tech Group: | Starting |
| Rarity: | Common |
| 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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Raising the Stakes: Each Resource Totem built increases the world Ante by 1. |