Research is a feature in Egg, Inc. which allows you to spend Bocks to upgrade some quality relating to your hatchery , habitats , vehicles , or anything else on the farm. Most areas of research offer multiple levels, each one costing more than the previous. Obtaining all possible research can propel you past 20 octillion/sec.
Common
Common upgrades can be purchased with in-game cash. They reset when you prestige or upgrade your egg.
Tier 1
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
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Comfortable Nests
Increase egg laying rate by 10%
+500%
50
Nutritional Supplements
Increase egg value by 25%
+1,000%
40
Better Incubators
Hatchery will refill 10% faster
+150%
15
Excitable Chickens
+0.1% egg value bonus for each running chicken
+1%
10
Tier 2
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Hen House Remodel
Increase capacity of all habs by 5%
+40%
8
Internal Hatcheries
Each hen house adds 2 additional chickens per minute
+20
10
Padded Packaging
Increases earnings per egg by 25%
+750%
30
Hatchery Expansion
Increases Hatchery capacity by 10
+100
10
Bigger Eggs
DOUBLES egg value
×2
1
Tier 3
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Internal Hatchery Upgrades
Each hen house adds an additional 5 chickens/min
+50
10
Improved Leafsprings
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+150%
30
Vehicle Reliability
Increase fleet size by 1
+2
2
Rooster Booster
Hatchery will 'refill' 5% faster
+125%
25
Coordinated Clucking
Max running chicken bonus increased by 0.1x
×2.5
25
Tier 4
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Hatchery Rebuild
Increases Hatchery capacity by 50
+50
1
USDE Prime Certification
TRIPLES egg value
×3
1
Hen House A/C
Increase egg laying rate by 5%
+250%
50
Super-Feed™ Diet
Increase egg value by 25%
+875%
35
Microlux™ Chicken Suites
Increase capacity of all habs by 5%
+50%
10
Tier 5
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Compact Incubators
Increases Hatchery capacity by 10
+100
10
Lightweight Boxes
Increase vehicle capacity by 10%
+400%
40
Depot Worker Exoskeletons
Increase maximum fleet size by 1
+2
2
Internal Hatchery Expansion
Each hen house adds an additional 10 chickens/min
+150
15
Improved Genetics
Increase egg laying rate AND egg value by 15%
+450% +450%
30
Tier 6
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Traffic Management
Increase vehicle fleet size by 1
+2
2
Motivational Clucking
Max running chicken bonus increased by 0.1x
×4.5
45
Driver Training
Increase vehicle speed by 5%
+150%
30
Shell Fortification
Increase egg value by 15%
+900%
60
Tier 7
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Egg Loading Bots
Increase fleet size by 1
+2
2
Super Alloy Frames
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+250%
50
Even Bigger Eggs
DOUBLES egg value
×32
5
Internal Hatchery Expansion
Each hen house adds an additional 25 chickens/min
+750
30
Tier 8
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Quantum Egg Storage
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+100%
20
Genetic Purification
Increases egg value by 10%
+1,000%
100
Machine Learning Incubators
Each hen house adds an additional 5 chickens/min
+1,250
250
Time Compression
Increase egg laying rate by 10%
+200%
20
Tier 9
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Hover Upgrades
Increase hover vehicle capacity by 5%
+125%
25
Graviton Coating
DOUBLES egg density and thus egg value
×256
8
Grav Plating
Increase capacity of all habs by 2%
+50%
25
Crystalline Shelling
Increases egg value by 25%
+2500%
+100
Tier 10
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Autonomous Vehicles
Increase fleet size by 1
+6
6
Neural Linking
Each hen house adds an additional 50 chickens/min
+1000
20
Telephatic Will
Increase egg quality (value) by 25%
+1250%
50
Enlightened Chickens
Quadruple running chicken bonus!
×64
3
Tier 11
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Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Dark Containment
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+125%
25
Atomic Purification
Increase egg value by 10%
+250%
25
Multiversal Layering
10x egg value
×100
2
Epic
Epic upgrades can only be bought with Golden Eggs . Their bonuses are more powerful and will not reset when you prestige or when you start a new egg.
Bonus cap and total price:
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Total Golden Egg Price
Hold to Hatch
Hold chicken button for +2 chickens per second
+20
1,180
Epic Hatchery
Increase hatchery refill rate by 10%
+200%
9,512
Epic Int. Hatcheries
Increase internal hatchery rate by 5%
+100%
9,755
Video Doubler Time
Increase video doubler time by 30 min.
+360
13,896
Epic Clucking
+0.1% egg value bonus for each running chicken.
+1.0%
2,525
Epic Multiplier
Increase max running chicken bonus by 0.2x !
+15.00×
55,845
Cheaper Contractors
Reduce hen house and silo build costs by 5%
-50%
1,235
Bust Unions
Reduce vehicle hire costs by 5%
-50%
560
Lab Upgrade
Reduce research costs by 5%
-50%
1,260
Silo Quality
Increase silo quality by 2%
+80%
4,960
Silo Capacity
Increase away time per silo by 6 min
+60 min.
1,675
Internal hatchery sharing
Full habs' internal hatcheries send +10% chicks to other habs
+100%
25,000
Internal Hatchery Calm
Increase internal hatcheries rate by 10% while away
+200%
19,100
Accounting Tricks
Increase farm valuation by 5%
+50%
9,135
Soul Food
Increase bonus per soul egg by +1%
+90%
115,770
Prestige Bonus
Earn +10% Soul Eggs when you prestige
+200%
99,000
Drone Rewards
Increase your chances for bigger drone rewards by 10%
+200%
24,800
Transportation Lobbyists
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+100%
26,298
Warp Shift
Increase long warp time by 1 hour
+16 hrs
39,618
Total
The cumulative cost.
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674,523
Epic Research calculator: http://royalphysique.net/eggs/