Manuscripts are building materials.
- They are crafted in the workshop using 25 parchment and 400 culture per manuscript.
- The Tradition Policy reduces the cost of crafting manuscripts to only 20 parchment and 300 culture.
- The number of manuscripts crafted is affected by normal crafting bonuses.
- Once Printing Press has been researched, Steamworks generate manuscripts automatically.
- Trading with the Sharks has a chance to give manuscripts once 10 embassies are built.
- Manuscripts are used for building Temples, are required to research Theology, Astronomy, and Navigation and can be crafted into compendiums.
- Manuscripts very slightly increases the maximum culture with diminishing returns.
- The Tradition Policy doubles this effect.
- The exact formula, as of 1.1.7.6 is MaxCulture += (sqrt(800*floor(Manuscripts) + 1)-1)/2
- After the total bonus from manuscripts has been calculated the Paragon storage bonus (+0.1% / paragon, no diminishing returns) is applied.
- The reversed formula, also as of 1.1.7.6, is Number_Of_Manuscripts_Required = ceil(sqr(("Desired_Culture_Cap"2)+1, 2)-1)(1/800))
- "ceil" is the ceiling function — it always rounds up to the nearest whole number.
- With 0 paragon, some examples:
- The 1st manuscript add 13.6510 to the culture cap
- The 2nd adds 5.8553 (for a total of 19.51)
- The 10th adds 2.2948 (for a total of 44.22)
- The 100th adds 0.7089 (for a total of 140.92)
- The 1000th adds 0.2237 (for a total of 446.71)
- The 10,000th adds 0.0707 (for a total of 1,413.71)
- The 100,000th adds 0.0224 (for a total of 4,471.64)
- The 1,000,000th adds 0.0071 (for a total of 14,141.64)
- The 10,000,000th adds 0.0022 (for a total of 44,720.86)
- The 100,000,000th adds 0.0007 (for a total of 141,420.86)
- The 1,000,000,000th adds 0.0002 (for a total of 447,213.10)
- The 10,000,000,000th adds 0.0001 (for a total of 1,414,213.06)
- Examples going the other way, also with 0 paragon:
- To increase your culture cap by 100 requires 51 manuscripts
- To increase by 1,000 requires 5005 manuscripts
- To increase by 10,000 requires 500,050 manuscripts
- To increase by 100,000 requires 50,000,500 manuscripts
- To increase by 1,000,000 requires 5,000,005,000 manuscripts
- To increase by 10,000,000 requires 500,000,050,000 manuscripts
- To increase by 100,000,000 requires 50,000,000,500,000 manuscripts.