Scientist is a group of challenges unlocked one after another. On top of there being a zone reached requirement for unlocking each of them, the previous one has to be completed for the next one to appear:
Challenge | Unlock requirement | Reward | |
---|---|---|---|
Scientist I | Reach zone 40 | Start with 5000 science, 1 foreman, 100 food, 100 wood and 10 traps every Portal. | |
Scientist II | Reach zone 50 | Start with 5 Barns, 5 Sheds, 5 Forges, and Tier 2 Equipment unlocked every Portal. | |
Scientist III | Reach zone 90 | Start with a full max Trimps bar, and 200% player efficiency. | |
Scientist IV | Reach zone 110 | Double prestige drops from each map, Warpstations skip building queue and Auto Prestige | |
Scientist V | Reach zone 130 | Permanently increase all Helium loot found by 0.5% to the power of the current zone number, and start with 1000% Player Efficiency and 50 Barns, 50 Sheds and 50 Forges |
Trying to get the Scientist book on any of the Scientist challenges will result in the following message:
"Your Trimps think they're too good at Science to read your dumb book. They're already working on Portal technology!"
Trying to get the Speedscience book on any of the Scientist challenges will result in the following message:
"You found a book called Speedscience, but you haven't found anyone to read it. Such a shame."
There is no unique text for obtaining Megascience.
This page will have information relevant to the Scientist challenges in general. For information on a specific Scientist challenge, click one of the hyperlinks above.
Science upgrade costs[]
Below are tables of science costs of relevant upgrades that can be used to determine which upgrades are worth buying in the Scientist challenges. These tables only show costs that are equal to or cheaper than the 11500 you are allotted from the Scientist challenge.
Single Purchase[]
Name | Cost |
---|---|
Battle | 10 |
Bloodlust | 60 |
Miners | 60 |
Trainers | 500 |
Blockmaster | 750 |
Trapstorm | 10000 |
Upgrades[]
Individual Costs[]
Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coordination | 250 | 325 | 422 | 549 | 714 | 928 | 1206 | 1568 | 2039 | 2651 |
Speedlumber | 200 | 280 | 392 | 548 | 768 | 1075 | 1505 | 2108 | 2951 | - |
Speedfarming | 200 | 280 | 392 | 548 | 768 | 1075 | 1505 | 2108 | 2951 | - |
Speedminer | 200 | 280 | 392 | 548 | 768 | 1075 | 1505 | 2108 | 2951 | - |
Efficiency | 400 | 500 | 625 | 781 | 976 | 1220 | 1525 | 1907 | 2384 | - |
Speed | 400 | 560 | 784 | 1097 | 1536 | 2151 | 3011 | - | - | - |
Potency | 1000 | 1400 | 1960 | 2744 | 3841 | - | - | - | - | - |
TrainTacular | 1000 | 1700 | 2890 | 4913 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cumulative Costs[]
Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coordination | 250 | 575 | 997 | 1546 | 2260 | 3188 | 4394 | 5962 | 8001 | 10652 |
Speedlumber | 200 | 480 | 872 | 1420 | 2188 | 3263 | 4768 | 6876 | 9827 | - |
Speedfarming | 200 | 480 | 872 | 1420 | 2188 | 3263 | 4768 | 6876 | 9827 | - |
Speedminer | 200 | 480 | 872 | 1420 | 2188 | 3263 | 4768 | 6876 | 9827 | - |
Efficiency | 400 | 900 | 1525 | 2306 | 3282 | 4502 | 6027 | 7934 | 10318 | - |
Speed | 400 | 960 | 1744 | 2841 | 4377 | 6528 | 9539 | - | - | - |
Potency | 1000 | 2400 | 4360 | 7104 | 10945 | - | - | - | - | - |
TrainTacular | 1000 | 2700 | 5590 | 10503 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Equipment[]
Individual Costs[]
Name | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Supershield | 1200 | 2040 | 3468 |
Dagadder | 1250 | 2125 | 3612 |
Bootboost | 1300 | 2210 | 3757 |
Megamace | 1400 | 2380 | 4046 |
Hellishmet | 1450 | 2465 | 4190 |
Polierarm | 1550 | 2635 | 4479 |
Pantastic | 1600 | 2720 | 4624 |
Axeidic | 1700 | 2890 | 4913 |
Smoldershoulder | 1750 | 2975 | 5057 |
Greatersword | 1850 | 3145 | 5346 |
Bestplate | 1900 | 3230 | 5491 |
Cumulative Costs[]
Name | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Supershield | 1200 | 3240 | 6708 |
Dagadder | 1250 | 3375 | 6987 |
Bootboost | 1300 | 3510 | 7267 |
Megamace | 1400 | 3780 | 7826 |
Hellishmet | 1450 | 3915 | 8105 |
Polierarm | 1550 | 4185 | 8664 |
Pantastic | 1600 | 4320 | 8944 |
Axeidic | 1700 | 4590 | 9503 |
Smoldershoulder | 1750 | 4725 | 9782 |
Greatersword | 1850 | 4995 | 10341 |
Bestplate | 1900 | 5130 | 10621 |