Technologies/Development

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.

Alarm Instrument

Alarm Instrument
Health:	200
Builders:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	8.1%
Single Use:	Yes

Adds a button to manually ring the alarm to alert your entire town and allows you to "select all" for more efficient raids and defense.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Alarm Instrument is the only technology that changes the user interface of the game: adding a button to select all of your units at once.

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Alarm: Adds a button to select all your units.

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Beast Lure

Beast Lure
Health:	100
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	8.1%
Single Use:	Yes

A mighty scented candle that attracts Beasts as it burns.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Beast Lures can attract smaller Beasts (such as Snails), but do not tame them or make them friendly.

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Affects Beasts: Affects smaller Beasts in the area but not people.

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Burial Mound

Burial Mound
Health:	1000
Builders:	3
Karma Cost:	6
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	No

Honor the fallen with a stone burial mound that passes units on to the next Challenge.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Burial Mounds allow you to carry one (or more) of your killed units into the next Challenge. These new units spawn as ghosts, which have only 1 hit point but can be useful to get an early start.

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	Requires Death: One of your villagers has to have died for this to be built.
	Next Generation: Honor your dead and see them return in the next Challenge.

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Canal

Canal
Health:	∞
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	5.7%
Single Use:	No

Dig a canal in the earth to fertilize nearby soil at sea level.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Digging a Canal provides fertile soil to an area that otherwise has another soil type. However, one end of a canal must be placed next to a water source.

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Fertilizing Edges: Nearby soil becomes fertile.

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Cloudcatcher

Cloudcatcher
Health:	200
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	5.7%
Single Use:	No

Grabs a cloud above and pulls it down into a ceramic jar which can be released at a later time.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Cloudcatchers capture clouds (hence the name), storing them until they're broken. Once released, the cloud will rain and drift like any other cloud. This can be particularly helpful to control fires.

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Demand Table

Demand Table
Health:	250
Builders:	1
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	Yes

A table to make demands of your enemies.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Demand Tables allow you to "request" resources from other villages, for nothing in return. If a demand is satisfied, the standing between your village and the opposing village can increase. Once a demand is satisfied or refused, another demand may be made.

Other villages can also demand resources from you, and you can choose to accept or decline the demand. Declining the demand (or accepting it and then failing to satisfy the demand within a certain period of time) reduces your standing with that village.

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Fertilizing Termites

Fertilizing Termites
Health:	Unknown
Builders:	3
Karma Cost:	Unknown
Tech Group:	Unknown
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

A banner attachment that grows green fertile grass around it.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

When placed on top of a Resource Totem, all of the nearby ground tiles will become green grass tiles.

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	Placed on Resource Totem: This structure attaches to a Resource Totem and affects the area within its radius.
	Fertilizing Edges: Nearby soil becomes fertile.

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Firetower Hearth

Firetower Hearth
Health:	400
Builders:	1
Tech Group:	Blueprint
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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	Hearth Attachment: Placed over your Hearth and blocks further Hearth attachments.
	Immune to Flooding: Unaffected by rising tides.

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House Extension

House Extension
Health:	2500
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Blueprint
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	No

Attaches to a house and increases the max capacity by +2.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

When a House Extension is built, the population cap added increases by 2. This can be helpful if a Shelter technology is selected with a useful bonus ability but a low capacity. The House Extension 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.
	Add-On: Adds 2 to the population cap.

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Incense Diffuser

Incense Diffuser
Health:	500
Builders:	3
Karma Cost:	4
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	No

Incense in the air makes units move faster nearby.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

When placed on top of a Resource Totem, all friendly units move 1.5× faster within the Totem's area of effect.

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Placed on Resource Totem: This structure attaches to a Resource Totem and affects the area within its radius.

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Market Tower

Market Tower
Health:	600
Builders:	6
Karma Cost:	4
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Add storage to all the edges of nearby houses to keep resources from degrading.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

A Market Tower present in a village will add a small overhang to each Shelter structure, allowing Materials to be stored beneath without fear of degrading.

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Royal Gift

Royal Gift
Health:	200
Builders:	4
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	Yes

Gift resources to your neighbors to improve relations.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Royal Gifts allow you to gift four of any resource type to an opposing village. If the gift is accepted, it significantly improves your standing with that village. A completed Royal Gift must be carried inside the territory of the opposing village, so care must be taken not to accidentally start a fight.

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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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Skyhook

Skyhook
Health:	400
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Blueprint
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	5.7%
Single Use:	No

Grab a cloud above and keep it from leaving.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Skyhooks allow you to capture clouds during rainfall and keep them hovering above a given point. This can be useful to fill water collectors (such as Rotunda roofs) or fertilize crops.

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Storage

Storage
Health:	800
Builders:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	7.3%
Single Use:	No

Protect resources from degrading in the elements.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Storage structures prevent Materials from degrading when stored inside. This is very useful in conjunction with a workshop production building that slowly produces a degradable Material, such as the Paper Workshop.

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Tallback

Tallback
Health:	400
Builders:	4
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 4
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	4%
Single Use:	No

A slow vehicle that doesn't hold people but has space for a Beast attachment.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Tallbacks are vehicles capable of handling small Beast attachments, such as Beast Farmstalks. Tallbacks cannot, however, take the place of a required Beast in a production structure. In addition, the first Tallback built will spontaneously generate a Beast inspiration upon completion.

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Discover New Inspiration: Careful thinking can lead to a new source of Inspiration.

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Trade Table

Trade Table
Health:	250
Builders:	1
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	5.7%
Single Use:	Yes

A table to make trade route requests in neutral territory.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Trade Tables allow you to set up trade routes by specifying what resources you will give in exchange for a specific resource. Trade routes are an ongoing, 1:1 trade, and your standing with a village that you have established a trade route with improves with each trade.

Other villages can also start trade routes with you, and you can choose to accept or decline the trade route. Note, however, that if a long enough period of time goes between trades that are started by other villages, the route will be stopped and your standing with that village will decrease.

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Warding Apiary

Warding Apiary
Health:	100
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	No

A defensive ward that scares and distracts smaller Beasts and fertilizes nearby crops.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Warding Apiaries ward off smaller Beasts (such as Snails), which can be very useful if your village is located near a cluster of Beasts.

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	Affects Beasts: Affects smaller Beasts in the area but not people.
	Tree Placement: Must be placed in a tree.

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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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