The Researcher can be unlocked for 25,000 
in the Shop upon the crafting of the first Community Center. Unlocking the Researcher gives access to the Research Tab, allowing you to unlock different perks for all skills with coins.
Even if you reached the last level of a skill, you can still invest time and money on research, the Researcher won't mind, but at full lost. He'll tell you that he found a new perk, while in reality he found nothing. Just avoid it, it's useless.
Research time and costs[]
| Tier | Price | Research Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50,000
|
5 minutes |
| 2 | 725,000
|
1 hour |
| 3 | 10M
|
4 hours |
| 4 | 75M
|
12 hours |
| 5 | 500M
|
1 day |
| 6 | 2,000M
|
2 days |
| 7 | 10B
|
3 days |
| 8 | 30B
|
5 days |
| 9 | 100B
|
10 days |
| 10 | 500B
|
12.5 days |
| 11 | 1,000B
|
18 days |
| 12 | 5T
|
Research perks[]
Mining[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Ability to gain Mining XP while at full capacity |
|
2 |
 |
Allows your Gem Finder to also find Blood Crystals (Can be turned off) |
| 3 |  |
Allows your Mining Machinery to now find Geodes |
| 4 |  |
Allows your Gem Finder to immediately collect anything he finds |
| 5 |  |
Ability to convert gems into their next tier (10 lower tier gems into 1 higher tier gem) |
| 6 |  |
25% chance to get two minerals instead of one when identifying unknown minerals |
| 7 |  |
Ability to send your rocket to Mars |
Crafting[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Bars are now worth 4x more coins |
| 2 |  |
+20% chance to produce two bars without using extra ore |
| 3 |  |
Your furnace is much faster |
| 4 |  |
Ability to craft Boats |
| 5 |  |
Ability to craft a necklace using minerals found in geodes |
| 6 |  |
Adds 10% yield chance of successfully getting a charcoal |
| 7 |  |
Lava plant produces three times more lava |
| 8 |
 |
Ability to upgrade your mineral necklace |
| 9 |
 |
Ability to craft a magnet |
| 10 |
|
Ability to craft a socketable mining robot |
Woodcutting[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
+20% chance trees give 2x XP |
| 2 |  |
Tree Roots now worth 4x more coins |
| 3 |  |
+10% chance trees give 5x XP |
| 4 |  |
2% chance of trees growing into its shiny form |
| 5 |  |
Ability for fruit trees to grow |
| 6 |  |
All trees have a 2% chance to give 20 times the XP |
| 7 |  |
10% chance for any tree to instantly regrow when chopped |
| 8 |  |
When harvesting apple trees, there is a 25% chance that
the seed becomes golden Requires Chef 2 Quest |
Farming[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
10% Chance for a planted seed to instantly grow |
|
2 |
 |
Harvesting crops now gives Fishing Bait and additional Farming XP |
| 3 | |
+20% chance for double XP when planting crops |
| 4 |  |
Farmed Trees now give 5x more logs |
| 5 |  |
Earn 4 times the bait |
| 6 |  |
10% chance to get your seed back when harvesting crops or trees |
| 7 | |
All crops have a 10% chance to give 5 times the XP |
| 8 |  |
Very rarely, your rake can find striped leaf seeds |
| 9 |  |
Leaf and mushroom seeds found in exploring loot bags are doubled |
| 10 |  |
All crops have a 2% chance to give 20 times the XP |
| 11 |  |
Rare chance of finding carnivorous seeds when harvesting leaves |
Brewing[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Ability to drink two of the same potions for increased time |
|
2 |
 |
Drinking potions now give Brewing XP |
| 3 |  |
Making a potion has a chance to yield another one without the use of more ingredients |
| 4 |  |
Ability to drink five of the same potions for increased time |
| 5 |  |
1% chance that drinking a potion in combat will make that potion free to use forever |
| 6 |  |
10% chance that making a potion refunds ingredients. |
| 7 |   |
Ability to drink twenty of the same type of potion stacking the timer. |
Exploring[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Ability to loot maps |
| 2 |  |
Ability to find two of the same artifact |
| 3 |  |
Ability to convert artifacts into Exploring XP |
| 4 | |
2% chance of finding shiny loot bags |
| 5 |   |
Ability to bring multiple lava buckets to the volcano for faster filling |
| 6 |   |
Ability to convert three amulets into one ring |
| 7 |   |
Poison does 5 times the damage |
| 8 |  |
2% chance of a monster being shiny |
| 9 |   |
20% chance of getting energy refunded when exploring an area |
| 10 |   |
10% extra chance of finding gem goblins |
| 11 |   |
10% chance that a shiny monster becomes super shiny |
Cooking[]
| Tier | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Burning food now grants 10% XP |
| 2 | |
+20% chance for 2 times the XP and Energy on successful cook |
| 3 |  |
Consuming fish now yields fish bones (Excludes Shrimp) |
| 4 |  |
2x Heat generated from wood |
| 5 | |
+10% chance for 5 times the XP and Energy on successful cook |
| 6 |  |
Row boat and canoe bring four times the fish |
| 7 | |
+2% chance for 20 times the XP and Energy on successful cook |
| 8 |
 |
Boats travel twice as fast |