Engraver

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Level 1-2

"Uses Shards to research new, powerful Engravings with unique effects."

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Summary

• You can build the Engraver after reaching Headquarter Level 27.
• The Engraver is used to unlock and upgrade powerful Engravings.
• Combat Engravings will be unlocked with Level 1 and Defense Engravings with Level 2.
• Engravings do not affect Warships.
• You can activate an engraving instantly with 1 Power Powder for a duration of 12 hours for combat, and 36 hours for defense.

Engraving Research

• You can use Shards for an 8-hour research to either gain Progress to a random engraving (including quality improve of the engraving) or obtain Research Tokens.
  • If you already have research in progress and want to start another one with other shards, the cost required increases.
    • Depending on the number of active researches, the cost varies between 5, 7, 15 and 30 shards.
• Each research grants a random engraving with research points to improve its level.
  • The level of engraving should not be confused with the level of quality.
    • The level of engraving prevents improving the quality beyond what is possible.
    • The quality level is what allows you to improve the percentage of the engraving bonus.
  • The Level will be updated when gaining enough Progress through Research.
    • With every level, you will unlock more Quality Levels for the engraving.
• You also have a 1 in 2 chance of improving the quality of the engraving instead of obtaining a Research Token.
  • The first time you get an engraving, it will be unlocked and can be activated with Power Powders.
  • If you get the quality improvement after a research, the bonus percentage of the engraving will be improved at no cost.
  • If you get a research token, you will need several to improve the quality of a point.

Research Token

• You can upgrade the Quality of the Engravings using Research Tokens.
  • Research Tokens allow you to upgrade the quality of an engraving of your choice, unlike the quality upgrade which is random depending on the engraving discovered.
  • Not every engraving has the same maximum quality level.
  • However, the cost in research tokens for a quality upgrade is extremely high and will require several hundred tokens for one level.

List of Engravings

• Combat
• Defense

Name	Icon	Description	Increased research chance with shard	Maximum research level	Maximum quality level	Minimum effect	Maximum effect
Power Surge		Gives additional Gunboat energy for each destroyed building.		4	16	7%	55%
Ordnance		Increases damage for Barrage and Artillery abilities.		6	21	10%	30%
Adrenaline		Increases your units' movement and attack speed.		4	16	5%	20%
Insulation		Reduces the duration of inhibiting effects, such as stun and freeze, on your troops.		4	16	15%	60%
Rally		Boosts your remaining units' speed each time you lose a unit. Bigger units give more boost.		4	16	0.15%	0,6%
Leech		All units heal themselves of the damage they do.		6	21	5%	15%
Interference		Slows down enemy defenses.		6	21	10%	20%
Sabotage		Decreases enemy defensive Statues' effectiveness.		4	16	5%	35%
Armor		Decreases the base damage per shot of enemy defenses.		6	21	30%	70%
Intel		Your troops gain a portion of the opponent's offensive statue boosts.		4	16	20%	50%
Triage		Restores a portion of lost units after a battle.		4	16	10%	40%
Alchemy		Converts a portion of looted construction resources, attempting to balance your stored resources.		6	21	0%	30%

Name	Icon	Description	Increased research chance with shard	Maximum research level	Maximum quality level	Minimum effect	Maximum effect
Grounding		Reduces the amount of Gunboat energy opponents gain for each destroyed building.		4	16	15%	45%
Shielding		Reduces the duration of inhibiting effects, such as stun and freeze, on your buildings.		4	16	15%	45%
Overdrive		Increases the attack speed of your defenses .		4	16	5%	35%
Life Drain		Deals damage to attacking units each second equal to a certain percentage of their base max health.		6	21	0.5%	1.5%
Hardening		Reduces the damage of opponents' Gunboat abilities.		6	21	15%	45%
Overheat		Gives opponent's heroes and leaders a cooldown on their abilities.		4	16	15s	30s
Support		Buildings transfer an amount of damage taken to nearby buildings.		4	16	35%	50%
Mind Fog		Reduces the movement and attack speed of opponents' troops.		6	21	5%	25%
Tinkering		You gain an additional prototype defense slot and Gunboat damage taken by prototypes is reduced.		6	21	45%	75%
Disruption		Reduces the effect of opponents' offensive statues.		6	21	5%	35%
Mind Control		You gain an amount of energy per second. At 20 energy resurrects fallen opponents to defend you.		6	21	0.1	1.1
Insurance		Returns an amount of the resources lost due to base being raided.		4	16	45%	75%

Trivia

• Previously, activating an engraving was permanent and required 7 super powders for instant activation or 4 super powders and a wait time of 12 hours.
• With 10 million building resources for each, the Engraver is the most expensive building in the game.

Statistics

HQ Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Number Available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Building Size
5x5

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Level	Health	Combat Engraving Slot	Defense Engraving Slot	Upgrade Cost			Upgrade Time	Instant	Headquarters Level Required	XP Gain
				Wood	Stone	Iron
1	1,400	1	0	10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	1d	N/A	27	80
2	2,800	1	1	12,000,000	12,000,000	12,000,000	1d 12h	14,432	28	82