Explore

Exploration

Via the Explore page, a province may send out soldiers, at the cost of gc, to acquire additional acres.

Restrictions

The following restrictions are in place:

• Provinces may not explore without the resources to cover the costs.
• At least 50% of existing acres must be built upon or undergoing construction.
• The Explore Pool must be greater than 0 acres.
• Provinces can not explore more than their current acres at once
• Kingdoms with less than 10 provinces will see an increased explore penalty

Pool growth

The explore pool has the following features:

• Starts at 200 acres at the start of the age
• It grows by 3 acres a tick
• It will decay by .25% a tick when over 700 acres in the pool
• It does not decay if there is less than 700 acres in the pool
• It does not decay in war or end of war ceasefire.
• When a war ends, a provision of additional land is added when to each province's explore pool for both kingdoms

Effects of War on Exploration

The following penalties apply during war:

• Exploration costs increase to 500% during active war and end of war cease-fire (from base cost, not on top of the active war increase)
• Exploration costs increase to 250% during end of war cease-fire for provinces below kingdom median

Addition Information

• Exploring Formulas

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