Surviving Mars

Time Saver: Do this in conjunction with New Wonders of the World

In the Research menu accessed via , excluding Breakthrough technologies there are 5 main tech-trees of Research – Biotech, Engineering, Robotics, Physics and Social. Every time a technology is research in one tech-tree, it opens up the next one in the same tech-tree. Every subsequent technology unlocked costs more research points. You can also discover new technologies to be researched by analysing Anomalies found by scanning the map. You’ll need to research every single technology in all 5 main tech-trees for this trophy.

Research points are injected into your chosen/queued technology every Sol and can be increased by building Research Labs & Science Institutes and outsourcing research by using funding. There are also other technologies that either boost the efficiency of Research Labs & Science Institutes, convert spare power into research (breakthrough tech), or increase research contribution from your sponsor or RC Explorers. Keep in mind that having multiple Research buildings & RC Explorers will incur a “collaboration loss”, meaning subsequent identical buildings will operate less optimally even when fully staffed to a point that research gained = research loss for a particular individual building/rover. This usually occurs if you have 5-6 of the same building/rover. Research Labs and Science Institutes count as separate buildings so “collaboration loss” does not carry over between the two types of buildings.