Academy

The Academy is a building in The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth. This structure allows you to research new technologies to make your city more efficient and your armies more powerful than ever. Research is one of the few things that you can spend Gold on other than Hero Salaries. Other things you spend gold on include training Tier 4 troops and training Tactical Troops in Lake-town.

Race
Elf
Dwarf

Research

Research	Description
Fertilizer	Fertility charms and songs increase your Food production by 10% per level.
Arbors	Advanced treelore increases your Wood production by 10% per level.
Masonry	Advanced stonelore increases your Stone production by 10% per level.
Smelting	Advanced earthlore increases your Ore production by 10% per level.
Siege Weapons	Increases the speed of troop training by 10% per level.
Far Seeing	Higher levels give you more detailed information when scouting.
Honed Blades	Advanced forge lore increases your troops' attack strength by 5% per level.
Metal Alloys	Required for advanced weapons and armor.
Saddlebags	Well designed and well placed saddlebags increase troops' load by 10% per level.
Cartography	Accurate maps increase your foot troops' marching speed by 10% per level.
Horseshoes	Improved horseshoes increase mounted troops' march speed by 5% per level.
Fletching	Better fletching techniques are required to train various advanced troop types
Strongbox	Well-made strongboxes increase your Vault's capacity by 10% per level.
Vigor	Training and healing salves increase your troops' health by 5% per level.
Engineering	Advanced math and stonesongs speed up construction by 10% per level.
Gem Pouch	Increase the load of Gem Shards by 10% per level, chance to discover items.
Oystering	Innovative diving techniques increase Pearl production by 10% per level.

Upgrade Requirements

Level	Pre-requisite	Food	Wood	Stone	Ore	Time
1	--	--	--	--	--	--
2	Level 2	240	5000	3300	400	16m
3	Level 2	480	10000	6600	800	32m
4	Level 2	960	20000	13200	1600	1h 4m
5	Level 2	1920	40000	26400	3200	2h 8m
6	Level 2	3840	80000	52800	6400	4h 16m
7	Level 2	7680	176000	96000	12800	8h 32m
8	Level 2	15360	320000	211200	25600	17h 4m
9	Level 2	30720	640000	422400	51200	1d 10h 8m
10	Level 2 Hobbit Building Crew 1	61440	1408000	768000	102400	2d 20h 16m

• Not all values may be correct, going by best guess as per pattern over multiple buildings. Will test values and update if incorrect.
• The times for completion are generic. These are the times that it takes without any research or speed increase features.