Progression runs on three tracks. Tiers are eras of technology — Primitive, Copper, Iron, Steel, Electronics, Quantum, Planetary, Stellar. Milestones are the story-gated leaps between them. Research nodes are the granular unlocks inside each era. Click any node below and the whole prerequisite chain lights up — so you can see exactly what it takes to reach the Dyson Sphere from where you stand.
Milestones gate the tiers. Each one demands a specific delivery from your factory — and unlocks the next era's recipe set when you ship.
Deliver wood ×40 and fiber ×20. Bootstrap your first crafting bench and basic tool kit.
Deliver copper ingot ×10. Smelt your first metal — the Copper Age opens.
Deliver iron plate ×20, copper wire ×30. Iron, gears, and the assembler come online.
Deliver steel ingot ×40, motor ×8. Foundries, refineries, and chemistry online.
Deliver circuit board ×20, plastic ×30. Electronics, automation, and drone logistics.
Deliver fusion cell ×6, quantum chip ×4. Quantum machines & fusion power.
Grow the Dyson swarm until it sustains 10 PW (10¹⁶ W) — the Kardashev Type-1 boundary. Cross it and the Stellar tier unlocks.
Eight tier-stars, seven milestone bridges. Hover any tier to trace its dependency chain. The graph reads from the bottom-left (T0 · Primitive) up and right to the top (T7 · Stellar).
Hand-crafted from the ground up. Wood, fiber, stone. Build a Crafting Bench and a Hand-held Mining Laser. No power required — yet.
Research nodes unlock recipes, machines, and entire industries. Cost is paid in items delivered to a Research Console; duration is real-time progress.
Categorized across Exploration, Production, Construction, Research, Mastery, and Secret. Rarities span Common to Legendary. Every achievement has a unique ARIA voice line that fires when you unlock it.
The research tree is open from the start. Pick a focus — speed, automation, megastructures — and watch your factory specialize.