Alliances Tech Guide

Unlocks alliance play and coordinated territory defense.

SystemsRush$10,000

When To Research Alliances

Rush this when shared borders, team defense, or coordinated expansion will decide the mid game.

This is a rush priority in the Systems branch. Use it when the effect matches the next bottleneck in your current build path.

Delay it only in solo openings where your immediate bottleneck is basic income or worker speed.

If the choice is unclear, open the Tech Advisor and compare this node against your current goal and bottleneck.

These research nodes usually support the same timing or solve the next bottleneck.

Improves early production speed and opens stronger economy planning.

Improves research speed so later branches finish faster.

Adds a troop damage boost for early fights and neutral captures.