Revision as of 21:21, 29 July 2020 by Dreampenguin(Message Wall | contribs)(TheSeal27 made a good edit, and I am restoring it. Please do not undo again.)
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. An upgrade from Tier 1 doubling egg value plus an upgrade from Tier 2 doubling egg value again will quadruple egg value. Since no upgrades in one tier do the same thing, this effectively means that all research will compound with each other.
When the number of upgrades researched hits a certain number, the Research Building changes.
Each upgrade or research adds 3 or more to the Piggy Bank.
Common upgrades are purchased with Bocks. They reset when you sell your farm or prestige.
Tier 1
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
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
+2.5%
25
Tier 2
Icon
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
+100%
1
Tier 3
Icon
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 0.1×
+10×
50
Tier 4
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Hatchery Rebuild
Increases Hatchery capacity by 50
+50
1
USDE Prime Certification
TRIPLES egg value
+200%
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
Icon
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
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Traffic Management
Increase vehicle fleet size by 1
+2
2
Motivational Clucking
Max running chicken bonus increased by 0.5x
+25
50
Driver Training
Increase vehicle speed by 5%
+150%
30
Shell Fortification
Increase egg value by 15%
+900%
60
Tier 7
Icons
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
Icon
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
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Hover Upgrades
Increase hover vehicle capacity by 5%
+125%
25
Graviton Coating
DOUBLES egg density and thus egg value
128×
7
Grav Plating
Increase capacity of all habs by 2%
+50%
25
Crystalline Shelling
Increases egg value by 25%
+2500%
+100
Tier 10
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Autonomous Vehicles
Increase fleet size by 1
+5
5
Neural Linking
Each hen house adds an additional 50 chickens/min
+1500
30
Telepathic Will
Increase egg quality (value) by 25%
+1250%
50
Enlightened Chickens
Increase max running chicken bonus by 2.0x!
+300×
150
Tier 11
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Dark Containment
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%
+125%
25
Atomic Purification
Increase egg value by 10%
+500%
50
Multiversal Layering
10× egg value
×1000
3
Timeline Diversion
Increase egg laying rate by 2%
+100%
50
Tier 12
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Wormhole Dampening
Increase capacity of portal habs by 2%
+50%
25
Eggsistor Miniturization
Increase egg value by 5%.
+500%
100
Gravitron Coupling
Increase max hyperloop train length by 1.
+5
5
Neural Net Refinement
Increase vehicle speed by 5%
+125%
25
Tier 13
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Levels
Matter Reconfiguration
Increase egg value by 1%.
+500%
500
Timeline Splicing
10× egg value.
×10
1
Hyper Portalling
Increase hyperloop car capacity by 5%
+125%
25
Relativity Optimization
Increase egg laying rate by 10%
+100%
10
Epic
Epic upgrades are bought with Golden Eggs. Epic Research does not reset when you upgrade your egg or prestige - you keep it forever.
Icon
Title
Description
Maximum
Total Price
Hold to Hatch
Hold chicken button for +2 chickens per second
+30/sec
3,825
Epic Hatchery
Increase hatchery refill rate by 10%
+200%
10,011
Epic Int. Hatcheries
Increase internal hatchery rate by 5%
+100%
25,241
Video Doubler Time
Increase video doubler time by 30 min.
+360
15,150
Epic Clucking
+0.1% egg value bonus for each running chicken.
+2.0%
50,191
Epic Multiplier
Increase max running chicken bonus by 2.0x!
+200×
500,455
Cheaper Contractors
Reduce hen house build costs by 5%
-50%
10,100
Bust Unions
Reduce vehicle hire costs by 5%
-50%
10,100
Lab Upgrade
Reduce research costs by 5%
-50%
10,121
Silo Capacity
Increase away time per silo by 6 min
+120 min.
14,991
Internal Hatchery Sharing
Full habs' internal hatcheries send +10% chicks to other habs
+100% shared
13,750
Internal Hatchery Calm
Increase internal hatcheries rate by 10% while away
+200%
20,091
Accounting Tricks
Increase farm valuation by 5%
+100%
42,941
Soul Food
Increase bonus per soul egg by +1%
+140%
384,931
Prestige Bonus
Earn +10% Soul Eggs when you prestige
+200%
99,991
Drone Rewards
Increase your chances for bigger drone rewards by 10%
+200%
21,000
Epic Comfy Nests
Increase egg laying rate by 5%.
+100%
502,491
Transportation Lobbyists
Increase vehicle capacity by 5%.
+150%
63,736
Prophecy Bonus
Increase bonus per egg of prophecy by 1%(compounding)
+5%
375,000
Hold to Research
Increase repetition rate when holding down research button by 25%
+200%
40,000
Total
The cumulative cost.
-
2,213,666
Notes
Hold to Hatch will only work when your Hatchery is not empty, so to take full advantage of this upgrade you should either activate a Quantum Warming Bulb or remember to release your hold occasionally to let the Hatchery fill up a bit again (being careful to resume holding before your running chicken bonus starts dropping, if you are trying to earn Bocks).
Depending on many factors (your level of Hold to Hatch, your hatchery refill rate, your max running chicken bonus, your running chicken bonus per chicken, your personal timing of holding and releasing a button, and your personal skill at rapidly pressing a button), you might have an easier time maintaining your running chicken bonus (and therefore maximizing your income) by rapidly pressing the hatch button than by using Hold to Press.
But in many situations (including having all common and epic research completed), it is still possible to hold and release with the right timing to never lose the max running chicken bonus. Players who are not skilled at rapidly pressing buttons and/or do not want to put in that much effort may prefer this method even if the occasional poor timing results in a moment of reduced running chicken bonus.
Epic Int. Hatcheries and Internal Hatchery Calm compound, so when both are fully upgraded your hatcheries perform at 6 times the rate they would without these upgrades.