Research tree

The tree has 47 nodes in 5 branches, 2,730 RP in all. A node needs every node named under "Needs". Research explains points and nodes.

Food Materials Fleet Logistics Services

Food

Node	Price	Needs	What it does	Opens
Bigger fields	15 RP	Nothing	Opens the large farm and the upgrades irrigation and silo.	Large farm Vineyard Wine Irrigation Silo
Dairy	25 RP	Bigger fields	Opens the dairy farm, which produces milk.	Dairy farm Milk
Feed	30 RP	Dairy	A dairy farm takes grain as feed and gives half as much milk again.
Milling	60 RP	Bigger fields	Opens the mill, which turns grain into flour.	Mill Flour
Baking	80 RP	Milling	Opens the bakery, which bakes flour into bread.	Bakery Bread
Food industry	120 RP	Baking Depots	Opens the large mill and the upgrades roller mill and night shift.	Large mill Roller mill Night shift
Fertilizer	50 RP	Bigger fields Harbor export	Opens fertilizer at the harbors that sell it. A farm that holds it grows more.	Fertilizer
Brewing	70 RP	Milling	Opens the hop farm and the brewery, which brews beer from grain and hops.	Hop farm Brewery Hops Beer
Cheese making	40 RP	Dairy	Opens the cheese dairy, which turns milk into cheese that keeps.	Cheese dairy Cheese
Cold chain	45 RP	Express Dairy	Opens the tanker van and the refrigerated van, which carry only the goods they are built for.	Tanker van Refrigerated van
Confectionery	90 RP	Dairy Fine imports	Opens the chocolate factory, which makes chocolate from milk and cocoa.	Chocolate factory Chocolate

Materials

Node	Price	Needs	What it does	Opens
Quarry	25 RP	Nothing	Opens the quarry, which digs gravel.	Quarry Gravel
Forestry	40 RP	Nothing	Opens the forestry, which fells logs, and its upgrades.	Forestry Logs Night harvester Forwarder Log yard
Sawmill	80 RP	Forestry	Opens the sawmill, which cuts logs into planks, and its upgrades.	Sawmill Planks Band saw Noise barrier
Heavy industry	140 RP	Sawmill Quarry Trucks	Opens the large forestry and the large sawmill.	Large forestry Large sawmill
Furniture	80 RP	Sawmill Harbor export	Opens the furniture factory, which builds furniture from planks and machine parts.	Furniture factory Furniture
Precision	200 RP	Air cargo Fine imports	Opens the instrument works, which builds instruments from machine parts and electronics.	Instrument works Instruments

Fleet

Node	Price	Needs	What it does	Opens
Light fleet	5 RP	Nothing	Opens the flatbed pickup and the budget van.	Flatbed pickup Budget van
Vans	15 RP	Light fleet	Opens the van and the long van.	Van Long van
Express	30 RP	Vans	Opens the express van and the electric pickup.	Electric pickup Express van
Electric fleet	45 RP	Express	Opens the electric van.	Electric van
Trucks	40 RP	Vans	Opens the budget truck and the truck.	Budget truck Truck
Special trucks	90 RP	Trucks Quarry	Opens the tipper truck, the heavy truck and the express truck.	Tipper truck Heavy truck Express truck
Road trains	250 RP	Special trucks Heavy industry	Opens the road train and the tipper road train.	Road train Tipper road train
Quick hands	20 RP	Light fleet	Every vehicle handles a stop in 15% less time.
Eco driving	35 RP	Express	Every trip costs 15% less per km.
Lean fleet	40 RP	Trucks	Every vehicle costs 20% less upkeep.
Fleet care	30 RP	Vans Workshop	Service is due every 7,500 km instead of every 5,000 km.
Trade in	25 RP	Vans Bank	The bank buys a vehicle back at 60% of its price instead of 50%.

Logistics

Node	Price	Needs	What it does	Opens
Dispatch desk	10 RP	Nothing	Your company holds 5 open jobs and 2 rush orders at a time.
Depots	25 RP	Dispatch desk	Opens the small depot and the depot with their upgrades.	Small depot Depot High racks Loading dock Night dispatch
Bank	20 RP	Nothing	Opens the loans of the bank.
Harbor export	30 RP	Depots	Opens the harbors and the goods they import.	Machine parts
Region board	70 RP	Harbor export Bank	Opens sell lots and wanted lots at the town markets.
Every region	100 RP	Region board	Opens the large depot.	Large depot
Priority freight	30 RP	Dispatch desk	A rush order pays 1.6 times the base price instead of 1.4 times.
Big desk	60 RP	Depots	Your company holds 8 open jobs and 3 rush orders at a time.
Credit line	50 RP	Bank Harbor export	Your company holds 7 loans instead of 5 and pays 20% less interest.
Broker	60 RP	Region board	The fee on a lot you sell falls from 3% to 2%.
Fine imports	50 RP	Harbor export Express	Opens coffee, cocoa and electronics at the harbors that sell them.	Coffee Cocoa Electronics
Bulk imports	50 RP	Harbor export Trucks	Opens fuel and coal at the harbors that sell them.	Fuel Coal
Air cargo	60 RP	Express Depots	Opens the airports, which pay more the sooner a load arrives.

Services

Node	Price	Needs	What it does	Opens
Workshop	30 RP	Nothing	Opens the small workshop and the workshop with their upgrades.	Small workshop Workshop Late shift Parts store
Spare parts	50 RP	Workshop Harbor export	Mills and sawmills take machine parts as spare parts and work a fifth faster.
Housing	30 RP	Nothing	Opens row houses and the upgrades of housing.	Row houses Fitted kitchens New roof Balconies
Maintenance	60 RP	Housing Workshop	Opens the maintenance company and the large maintenance company.	Maintenance company Large maintenance company
City builder	130 RP	Maintenance Quarry	Opens the apartment block, the construction company, the large workshop and the upgrade extra lifts.	Large workshop Apartment block Construction company Extra lifts